Turner Sports Cars

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Turner from 1951
Turner Stiletto Spyder from 1957
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Turner was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Turner Sports Cars Limited of Wolverhampton began in 1951 with the production of automobiles. Production ended in 1966.

vehicles

Small sports cars were produced, either complete or as kit cars . There were both open and closed body structures. Four-cylinder engines were predominantly used. The engines came from Austin , Coventry Climax , Ford , Lea-Francis , MG and Vauxhall .

Two vehicles of this make can be seen at the Haynes International Motor Museum in Sparkford , Somerset .

See also

  • Turner Motor , a former British automobile manufacturer who also marketed its vehicles as Turner

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5
  • GN Georgano: cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars. 1895-1975. New edition. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 (English).

Web links

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